Alice with Cory

I had arranged to meet up with an old friend from Melbourne who had been living in Alice for over 11 years. She picked me up in the morning and we didn't stop chatting until bedtime (I slept over at her place). The Kingstons and Theunissens headed east to Ruby Valley, but Malcolm and Michael stayed put to 'catch up' with car stuff and explore Alice. They walked down through Todd Mall to the Town and 'Country bar for a few beers and live music. A good relaxing afternoon. Went back to the camp to watch the didgeridoo concert, very entertaining and walked to the pub round the corner for a $10 carvery, great value. They were 'picked up' by Miss Marguerite, from the local Lutheran Aboriginal College (Yulara). She took them of this school where she educated M and M on their efforts to teach Indigenous children the basics of the whitemans world. An extremely difficult and challenging task, but with the passion shown by Miss Margurite we arre sure they aremaking progress. She then drove them on a night tour of Alice, including the casino, past the golf corse, across the Todd River pointing out the Woolworths discount fuel station, car wash facilities ending up at Anzac hill to view the lights of Alice, after which she dropped them off back at the Big 4. All in all a very relaxing and educative day.